But Norquist's support
will do little to reassure people who are concerned that the Coburn/Lieberman
plan cuts too deep: Norquist said his "ideal" approach would resemble Rep. Paul
Ryan's plan, which replaces the current Medicare system with vouchers. And he
famously declared his desire
to reduce government "to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and
drown it in the bathtub."

If you're keeping score:
The Coburn/Lieberman plan is opposed by the AARP
and supported by a
government-hating ideologue who wants to discard Medicare in favor of
vouchers.